Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Sure but IMHO it would be more important to fix bugs like the parser not
> correctly using indexes on bigint unless the value is quoted...
> I think everyone would agree that not having to use initdb would be nice
> but I think there is much more important things to focus on.
Important is relative.
> Besides if you are upgrading PostgreSQL in a production environment I
> would assume there would be an extremely valid reason. If the reason is
> big enough to do a major version upgrade then an initdb shouldn't be all
> that bad of a requirement.
I'm not going to rehash the arguments I have made before; they are all
archived. Suffice to say you are simply wrong. The number of
complaints over the years shows that there IS a need.
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Lamar Owen
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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute